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I recently asked my Senior diabetes specialist if I could yet be prescribed Lyumjev after reading Tim Street's Diabettech article about its used in APS. I'm based in Scotland and was told that it hadn't yet been approved by the Scottish Medicines Consortium, which after checking, it hasn't. Not...

@Jeannie87 what basal are you on? It depends on the action time of the basal. If it is 24hrs then you would stop at least 24hrs before and make up any time gaps with short acting insulin. There will always be a bit of an overlap. We ended up having the first few hours on the pump with reduced...

It's been a total game changer for me. But, you do need to be patient and recognise that there are often challenges that come which you wouldn't have encountered with MDI. The 2 main ones for me are each site has a diffent absorption rate and sensitivity factor. I also find that after insertion...

I've been looping for a few months now @Gaz-M. Had my consultant visit a couple of weeks ago and couldn't have gone any better. Showed my results and she said "we need more people on this!". She's asked me to come and do a talk on it to both other consultants and patients!

Forgot to mention, the 640g is also old technology now with the 670g being released. Whilst there are some problems with the 670g it is essentially a closed loop artificial pancreas and can take some of the control away from your own brain. More importantly, because Omnipod is essentially...

Hi. I've been on Omnipod for 4 months now and I wouldn't go back either to injections or a tubed pump. I don't really see any advantage to a tubed pump over Omnipod, other than if you had any absorption issues with the site then you could change them over at less cost to the NHS. I stick mine on...

I have been on omnipod for 3 months now and wouldn't look back. First few weeks were a bit up and down as I adjusted to being on a pump and working out where the best sites were for absorption. It's so easy to change, a lot more discreet than a tubed pump and has already lowered by a1c by 0.7...

Any CGM or Libre is absolutely essential to get the best out of the pump. It allows you to monitor trends almost real time and make adjustments as needed. Since using a pump and Libre my a1c is down to 6.5. There is no way I would have been able to achieve this without both of these. I would say...

Agree, its your phone that sets the volume and you can change it if you need to.

I've just gone onto Omnipod and it was funded by the NHS. I saw the invoice for the handset and I'm pretty sure it was £198. It may be a totally different cost if you buy privately though. I wouldn't see the need for a spare handset though. If it breaks then you'd just phone for a new one at the...

Hi @AMahmood . What time are your BG readings dropping? @Jaylee makes a good point that often this can e down to having other fast acting insulin on board. I had this for a period (and still battle it occasionally) as I eat my evening dinner and inject novorapid at 8pm and then go to bed about...

Similar to Emck, I need double the insulin in the morning to cope with my liver dumping glucose when I first get up. Also if you have a stressful car journey that will also require more insulin. If you have a routine then just do some regular testing to understand how much insulin is required...

@smc4761 Sorry to confuse -just to be clear - you dont add the chia seeds to your porridge. You soak the chia seeds overnight (3tbl spoons to 300ml water), add flavouring and then consume them. There is onlky 5 grams of carbs in this so you should hardly have to give yourself any NR if at all.

I'd be interested in this too as start on the Omnipod this week!

Well it sounds like you are starting to get it sorted which is really good to hear. I just find that the Chia seeds give me a flat line BG during the morning which sets you up for success for the rest of the day. Definitely worth flavourinhg up the Chia seeds though as they are not great just...

I think this paper is really good for people new to Libre however is still quite simplistic in nature. DsNs in my area are starting to give people this kind of advice now rather than the static 'only correct at meal times' which is good to see. That said really this is a basic form of sugar...

Hi @Emck. Some good advice on here. Thought I would chuck my peenies worth in as I had exactly the same symptoms as you until recently. I also suffer from DP in the mornings and need to give myself 2 units of insulin when I first get up before travelling to work. I used to then give 12 units of...

Thanks @JaneC That's exactly my thinking now. Good to have it confirmed by someone who has been there and got the t-shirt!

Thats really interesting @JaneC. I've actually been suffering the very same thing with Fiasp MDI I. E. BGs that start to trend up from about 3hrs after my evening meal. I hadn't actually linked it with Fiasp but now that you mention it that could be the culprit. I've been doing a lot of 2am...

Hi @JaneC why didn't the Fiasp work well in the pump? Interested as moving to a pump in a couple of weeks and planning on using Fiasp.